Are used tires worth the risk? Trade group, legislators urge standards during National Tire Safety Week
Photo: Bridgestone Americas Newsroom. Used tires? Been there done that. Let’s face it: new tires are expensive, and for someone who’s feeling a budget pinch,...
Fiat Chrysler Announces Student Design Contest Winners
First Place design by Eduard Cret. Second Place Design by Emily Bryson. Third Place Design by Jinho So. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) named three high...
RECALL ALERT: Fiat Chrysler issues recall for fuel-supply tube on certain 2018 Jeep Cherokees
FCA US LLC is voluntarily recalling an estimated 48,990 SUVs in the U.S. to inspect and replace, as needed, a fuel-supply line. A Company investigation...
Will Africa be the automotive industry’s next boom market? One former GM executive thinks so.
According to the U.N., more than half of the world’s population growth of 2.4 billion projected by 2050 will come from Africa, where the population...
A Mini Cooper cop car? Yes, it really is a thing.
Photo: BMW Group media website. Somehow, it’s hard to imagine this working in the United States. Picture, for example, a big ol’ diesel-smoking Ford F-250...
2019 Mercedes AMG GT S Roadster: Coming soon to a reserved parking space in a medical complex near you
Photo: Mercedes-Benz Media Newsroom USA Doctors, top executives, and others with an optimal mix of disposable income, affection for sports cars, and maybe a note...
The Next Cop to Pull You Over Might be Driving a Dodge Durango
Photo: Fiat-Chrysler media website. It’s well known that fleet sales are an important emphasis for Fiat Chrysler’s Dodge lineup. This is one of the reasons...
Fiat Chrysler Reveals Another 2109 Teaser: This Time, It’s the Dodge Charger Grille
Left: today’s 2019 Dodge Charger grille teaser. Right: 2018 Dodge Charger grille. Photos: Fiat Chrysler media website. After teasing the market last week with a...
Demand for Older Cars is Highest in these U.S. Cities
Photo: Fiat Chrysler media website. According to a study by LendingTree, the American city with boasting rights for being the place where buyers look for...
Is the Fiesta Active Launch in Europe Another Puzzle Piece to Clarify Ford’s Future Vision for Passenger Cars?
Photo: Ford media website. Last month, Ford Motor Company announced the discontinuation of all passenger cars in the U.S. market except for the Mustang and...
Mazda’s Messaging for the CX-3 Makes the Target Market Pretty Clear
Photo: Mazda media website. Excuse me, but what exactly is the point of a “subcompact crossover?” Surely, the very existence of an unfathomable abomination like...
New Toyota Research Facility to Test Automated Driving Scenarios ‘Too Dangerous for Public Roads’
Photo: Toyota media website. Toyota revealed Thursday that one of the automaker’s research and development divisions, the Toyota Research Institute (TRI), is building a new,...
Meanwhile, as Sedans Dwindle, Midsize and Compact SUVs Thrive at GM
Photo: GM media website. As GM takes most of its eggs out of the large-sedan market, the automaker meanwhile announced this week that they are...
Don’t Look Now, But the Hellcat is Getting a Dual-Snorkel Hood
Photo: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles U.S. media website. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles just released a couple of semi-obscured teaser press photos of the 2019 Dodge Challenger SRT....
Alfa Romeo Introduces Stelvio Quadrifoglio to Asia at Auto China
The Alfa Romeo Stelvio holds a performance record for its class, having clocked a time of 7:51.7 at Green Hell. Photo: Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles media site....
Why are Passenger Cars an Endangered Species? A Demographer You’ve Never Heard Of Just Might, Indirectly, Hold the Key
Photo: GM media website. Unless you’re a hardcore demographics geek like me, you’ve probably never heard of Kenneth W. Gronbach. If you have heard of...
Autonomous Vehicles and Smart Highways: Author Bennecke’s Fictional Vision Sorts Out the Worst—And Best—Possible Futures
Especially after a wave of tragic incidents, opinions of self-driving cars and other automated transportation technologies are, to say the least, ambivalent. This holds true...
As Ford discontinues Fusion, Taurus, another tire drops in the death of the sedan
First, let’s put things in perspective as we contemplate the latest casualties in the death of the sedan. The Ford Fusion is a car that...
Connected Cars? Been There, Done That. But is a Connected Motorcycle In Your Future?
Vehicle Communication Chipset Maker Autotalks Joins Industry Consortium on a Mission to Minimize Motorcycle Accidents Photo: Rainmaker47 (posted to Wikimedia Commons) The penetration of safety-related tech...
Kelley Blue Book Picks Mazda for Performance, Styling Awards
Photo: Mazda media website. Mazda announced Monday that they have added two new awards to their trophy shelf this week, this time winning accolades in...
Texas Auto Writers Association Honors Alfa Romeo Giulia and Stelvio with Top Performance Awards
Alfa Romeo Giulia. Photo: Fiat Chrysler media website. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced last Thursday that the Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA) honored two models from...
Horsepower, Storage Space Losing Ground as Automotive Purchasing Decision Drivers, Survey Says
Muscle-car V8s boasted impressive power for their day. But thanks to engineering advances, some 4-cylinder engines of today can rival their power. Photo: Christopher Ziemnowicz (released...
Mazda MX-5 Miata, CX-5 Bring Home the Award Bling in New York Daily News Competition
Photo: Mazda media website. Mazda Motor Corporation announced this week that two of their models recently earned more industry accolades, winning top segment honors in...
“A 350 is a 350 is a 350″—NOT! And Other Misconceptions About GM V8 Engines Debunked
With the Crate Engine, the Chevy 350 lives today. Photo: GM media website. With GM’s rightful reputation for badge engineering—slapping the brands of their different...
“Alexa, Warm Up My Car”: Kia Adds Amazon Alexa Remote Voice Controls to Several Models
Kia Optima Hybrid. Photo: Kia media website. If you’ve been waiting anxiously to be able to control your Kia from an Alexa-powered Amazon device, your...
Rotary Engine May Make Comeback as Range Extender for Electric Vehicles, Hybrids
Wankel Rotary Engine architecture (left) compared to LiquidPiston Rotary “X” Engine. Remember the Wankel Rotary Engine that powered the Mazda RX-7? Today, the original Mazda...
Looking for a Hot Car that will Hold its Value? Edmunds Gives Dodge Charger the Nod
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles earned kudos recently for building a product that holds its value, when Edmunds designated the winner of the Edmunds Best Retained Value...
Mazda Scores Innovation Award for SKYACTIVE-X Compression-Ignition Engine
From our perspective, there are two key ways that Mazda is strongly distinguishing itself within the automotive today’s automotive industry The first is car model...
March Was a Good Month for Cadillac Sales, GM Reports
If you’re Cadillac enthusiast, you just might be pleased to hear that the brand rang up strong sales for March 2018, posting a year-over-year increase...
Volkswagen Releases Full Base, Option Pricing Structure for 2019 Jetta
Volkswagen of America Inc. announced full base and option pricing structure for the 2019 Volkswagen Jetta on Thursday, highlighting a starting price of $18,545, which...